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HITS |
MEETING |
DATE |
VIDEO CONTENT |
| MEDIA FIRE PRO/YOU TUBE VIDEO FILES |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
12/16/09 |
Recommended Improvements To Exit 22, Route 8 Reviewed - Oversight Of Boards And Commissions Planned Quarterly - Proclamation For 100 Year Anniversary For Griffin Hospital Declared - EDC Plans For Housatonic Wire & Seymour Lumber (94 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
12/1/09
Video 1 |
Selectmen Approve An Arbitrated 3 Year Teacher's Union Contract Starting With A Zero Salary Incvrease For Next Year - They Also Approved A Life Insurance Contract For Retiring 1st Selectmen - Bellevue Terrace Insurance Claim Reconsidered (57 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
12/1/09
Video 2 |
Selectmen Approve An Arbitrated 3 Year Teacher's Union Contract Starting With A Zero Salary Incvrease For Next Year - They Also Approved A Life Insurance Contract For Retiring 1st Selectmen - Bellevue Terrace Insurance Claim Reconsidered (22 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
11/24/09 |
BOF Meets For Last Time Before Election - Koskelowski Provides Advice About Next Year's Budget - M Pavlik Offers Suggestions About Providing Life Insurance For Retiring 1st Selectmen (43 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
11/17/09
Video 1 |
Board Of Selectmen Discuss Ray House, Use Of Stimulus $$$, Sidewalk Replacements, Insurance Claim Denials - The STEAP Grants Are Explained And Commented On By The Selectmen (54 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
11/17/09
Video 2 |
1st Selectmen Requests The Approval Of The BOS For Coninuation Of A Personally Paid $50,000 Life Insurance Package For Himself After He Leaves His Office On 12/7/09 - Mr Koskelowski's Transition Speech And Explanation of Possible Law Suits (58 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
10/27/09 |
Recreation Commission Informs BOF They Will Need More Money For Payroll Due To Additional Programs Added - Finance Director Reports That Audit Is Progressing And That Everything Is WWWuunnddeerrffuull, Att On Cue (22 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Tri-Town Rally |
10/24/09 |
Paul Roy 2009 Police And Board Of Education Candidates Meet And Discuss Their Qualifications And How They Expect To Improve The Educational System - Tri-Town Plaza Rally Held In Vacant Adams Store - 5 Years In Court Over Tax Assessment K's Legacy (60 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS/BOF
Candidates |
10/12/09 |
Paul Roy 2009 Selectmen and Finance Board Candidates Meet And Discuss The Town's Prioblems And How They Will Address Them When They Are Elected In November - Vision And Teamwork Will Help Make Seymour A Respected Community Again (57 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting
|
10/6/09 |
School Building Committee Presents Preliminary Plans For Chatfield/LoPresti Project - Selectmen Award Contract To Fusco For Management of Condtruction - Fish By Pass Town Meeting Set For 10/20 But Forgot Finance Bd Approval - Will Reset (38 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
9/15/09 |
Business Entrepreneurs And Culture & Arts Commission Offer A Founder's Day For Seymour Concept For June 2010 - Need $2,500 For Police - Will They Volunteer Their Time? - Approved A New Anti-Blight Ordinance (34 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Animal Control |
9/9/09 |
Police Department Held Hearing On Declaring Dogs Dangerous And/Or Viscious - Rotweiler And Pit Bul Allegedly Attacked 2 Cavalier King James Spaniels, Killing One Of Them - Town Ordinance Appears To Have Been Violated (35 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
US Navy
Band |
8/23/09 |
U S Navy Show Band From Providence, RI Came To Seymour And Put On A Fantastic Show With Big Band Music - Vocals, As Well As Dixie Land, Had Everyone Tapping Their Feet And Singing Along - A Great Night Had By All (1 hr 23 min) |
DoD
UT |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
8/11/09 |
Koskelowski Talks About Taxes Not Affected When Buildings Become Vacant - This Is First UTUBE Video Placed On Web Site - Shortened Streamed Version Of 8/11/09 BOS Meeting - Time is Limited To UTUBE"S Requirements. (5 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
8/11/09 |
Board Of Selectmen Meeting Becomes Political Platform For Koskelowski - New Bond Rating Explained - Anti-Blight Ordinance Public Hearing Set For 9/1/09 - Taxes Not Affected When Buildings Become Vacant??? (53 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
7/28/09 |
BOF Makes Several Transfers, Including One From Last Years Budget - 2008/09 Audit Underway - K Continues To Criticize BOE For Revenue Shortfall Tat Is His Responsibility - K Makes Another Campaign Speech About Lack Of Economic Development (52 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Democratic
Caucus |
7/23/09 |
Democratic Caucus To Nominate Candidates For The 2009 November Local Elections - Selectman Paul Roy Was Nominated For The Position Of 1st Selectman - Full Slate Nominated With Economic Development And CHANGE Themes Of The Campaign (59 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
7/14/09 |
Anti-Blight Ordinance Blasted By Citizens - Citations And Fines To Be Reviewed - High School Building Committee Dissolved Since Their Work Is Completed - Town Counsel Not Needed ... Again! - Saving Money For The Taxpayers (60 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
6/16/09 |
Former Selectman Roberta King Memorialized - Coach Paul Sponheimer Acknowledged And June 16th Named As A Day In His Honor - Welcome Wagon For New Residents Being Planned - No Swine Flu In Schools Despite Rumors - (61 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Fishing
Festival |
5/15/09 |
Seymour Land Trust's 19th Annual Fishing Festival Held At Legion Pool In Memory Of "Wild" Bill Melson - Children Enjoyed A Beautiful Day With Their Parents Catching And Releasing Various Species Of Trout - Volunteerism At Its Best (58 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Health
Plans |
5/8/09 |
Connecticut Health Plans - Discussion About What The State Is Doing To Get CT Partnership and CT Sustinet Plans Approved For Residents - House Speaker Chris Donovan and Representatives Theresa Conroy & Linda Gentile Spell It All Out (48min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
5/5/09 |
BOS Accepts Property With Retention Pond On Evergreen Terrace - Surplus Property Sold - Police Department Joins State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force - 1st Selectman Gets Bond Counsel To Make Town Counsel's Opinion - Just An Opinion (50 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
4/28/09 |
Watch Koskelowski Refuse To Give BOF Chairman A Written Opinion About Declaring A State Of Emergency Involving Money Transfers - Errors Were Not Resolved - No Special Meeting Ever Called For These Transfers Over $50,000 ( 50 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
4/21/09 |
K Admits His Budget Will Produce Tax Increase NEXT Year - Architect & Construction Mgr Hired For School Project - Mr. Willis Hired As Ass't Fire Marshall - Matthies Grant Applications Approved For Submission. (51 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
Annual Budget
Meeting |
4/20/09 |
Chaos Reigns - T/C Tells Moderator To Adjourn Meeting To BOS Due To Lack Of Quorum - Koskelowski Tells Moderator To Send 1 Item To BOS and Budget To Referendum Due 4/27 - T/M Never Opened To Allow Voters To Offers Changes. (25 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF Annual
Budget Hearing |
4/8/09 |
Shortest Annual Budget Public Hearing In History - Reasonable Size Crowd Showed Up But A Call For Public Comments Produced No Takers - After Four Requests The BOF Chairman Adjourned The Meeting - Is Everybody Happy ??? (9min 12 sec) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOS
Meeting |
4/7/09 |
Koskelowski Challenges The School Building Commission's Decision To Hire The Project Architect Because He Claims He Wasn't The Most Qualified And/Or The Lowest Bidder - That's A Switch - Some Commission Members Dispute His Claims (1 hr) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
3/31/09 |
Many Errors In Worksheets Corrected By Finance Director - BOF Very Concerned With Revenue Estimates Being Too Aggressive - Warned That Deficits Could Result If Numbers Aren't Accurate - K Complains About BOE's Budget Compliance (30 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Meeting |
3/24/09 |
2009/10 Budget Figures From Administration Leave A Lot To Be Desired - Mill Rate To Be 25.80 With A 0.28 Mill Increase - Public Hearing Scheduled For 7:00 PM On 4/8 At New Middle School - Several PW Transfers Required (61 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Workshop |
3/19/09
Video 1 |
BOE Clarifies Recently Received Data About Health Insurance & Unemployment Costs - Eliminating 10 Teachers Will Cost $180,000 +/- In State Unemployment Benefits - Expect BOF Public Hearing On 4/8 At High School (58 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Workshop |
3/19/09
Video 2 |
Finance Board Back To Square One Since Preliminary Totals Did Not Produce the Zero Tax Increase Expected - Board Of Education Will Remain At Last Year's Figures As Presented - K's Budget Being Reduced To Keep Mill Rate At .23 Mill Increase (59 min) |
| DoD |
N/A |
BOF
Workshop |
3/18/09
Video 2 |
Zero Mill Increase A Real Challenge - Board Of Finance Reviewing Budget Requests Line By Line - State And Local Income Reduced - BOE Eliminates 10 teaching positions And Offers Zero Increase (56 min) |
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| DoD |
8 |
BOF
Workshop |
3/18/09
Video 1 |
Finance Board Workshop Establishes Preliminary Figures For General Government Budget - Still About $250,000 Away From A Zero Increase Mill Rate - Need Final Numbers For Insurance & Some Income Budgets - (58 min) |
| DoD |
20 |
BOS
Meeting |
3/17/09 |
Selectmen Review Proposal For Hot Asphalt Machine - They Agree Their Meeting Went Very "Well" Despite Advising Town Counsel His Attendance Not Required - Sel Roy Requests Proclamation For Coach Sponheimer (58 min) |
| DoD |
12 |
BOF
Workshop |
3/11/09
Video 1 |
Board Of Finance Starts Deliberating The Cuts For The 2009/10 Fiscal Year Budget - They Are Trying For Little Or No Increase And Are Approximately 25% Completed - Need To Find About $500,000 or .4 Mills (58 Min) |
| DoD |
8 |
BOF
Workshop |
3/11/09
Video 2 |
20 Budgets Reviewed For The 2009/10 Fiscal Year - Revaluation A Question Mark At This Time - Town Counsel's FEE Is Not A SALARY As 1st Selectman Tried To Suggest - Budget Being Reviewed To Lower Costs (58 Min) |
| DoD |
7 |
BOS
Meeting |
3/3/09 |
BOS Operates Efficiently When 1st Selectman Koskelowski Is In Florida - Ethics & Conduct Ordinances Adopted - Town Counsel Informed His Attendance Is Not Needed And Is Dismissed ... Finally! (9 min) |
| DoD |
1 |
BOF
Workshop |
2/25/09 |
Finance Board Reviews Budgets With The Fire Department And The Ambulance Corps - Good News - Both Departments Operating Efficiently And Have Been Able To Forecast Lower Costs For 2009/10 (54 min) |
| DoD |
4 |
BOF
Meeting |
2/24/09 |
Public Works Transfers For Snow & Salt - Town Counsel Finally Offers An Opinion In Writing - 105th District State Representative Theresa Conroy Visits BOF & Reports On Governor Rell's Budget Proposals - Offers Assistance & Information (56 min) |
| DoD |
17 |
BOS
Meeting |
2/17/09
Video 1 |
Resident Defends Overspending For Legal Fees - Suggests T/C Be Allowed To Attend All BOS Meetings FULL TIME ... Whether Needed Or Not - A Waste Of Taxpayer Money - BOS Agrees To Restrict T/C's Attendance To Lower Cost (52min) |
| DoD |
11 |
BOS
Meeting |
2/17/09
Video 2 |
Registrar Of Voters Request To Increase Salaries Rejected By 1st Selectman - K & T/C Mess Up Procedure For Sale Of Real Estate Until Loda Picks Up Charter To Correct Action - EDC Director Position Left Vacant - Criticism Made Decision, Not K. (38 min) |
| DoD |
9 |
BOF
Workshop |
2/11/09
Video 1 |
Assessor Reveals Process Used To Produce Town's Grand List - Explains Shortfall Due To Poor Economy - Vehicle Income Down By 10% - Total Income Net Loss Is Approximately 1.5 Mills (20 min) |
| DoD |
9 |
BOF
Workshop |
2/11/09
Video 2 |
BOE Submits Zero Budget Increase - Only Half Of Other Budgets Follow Suit Despite K's Claims - BOE Reduces Staff - K Adds Staff - BOE Chairman States "We Are Going Over The Cliff. (75 min) |
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5 |
BOF
Workshop |
2/10/09
Video 1 |
BOF Discusses Budget Requests With Town Clerk, Fire Marshal And Income With The Finance Director - Grand List Is Lower This Year, Tuition Income Down By $1 million - Why Didn't 1st Selectmen Set Aside Money 3 Years Ago To Offset Loss? (45 min) |
| DoD |
5 |
BOF
Workshop |
2/10/09
Video 2 |
BOF Discusses Budget Requests With The Finance Director - Grand List Is Lower This Year, Tuition Income Down By $ 1million - Why Didn't 1st Selectmen Set Aside Money 3 Years Ago To Offset Loss? (47 min) |
| DoD |
1 |
BOS
Meeting |
2/4/09
EDC |
Board Of Selectmen Discuss EDC Director's Job Performance Regarding Economic Development - Legal Fees Reviewed And Decision Made To Reduce T/C's Hours At BOS Meetings (58 min) |
| DoD |
24 |
BOS
Meeting |
2/4/09
EDC |
Board Of Selectmen Meet With The Former Volunteer Economic Development Director To Discuss Commercial Development Accomplished During His Term In Office - He Left Office In December (17Min) |
| DoD |
3 |
BOF
Meeting |
1/27/09
Video 1 |
BOF Discusses The $49,184 Deficit In The 2008/09 Financial Audit With The Town Auditor - Finance Director Thomas Claims Seymour Still Has A $4.2 Million Fund Balance, Which Is 8.6% Of The Total Budget And Is Above Average (58 min) |
| DoD |
2 |
BOF
Meeting |
1/27/09
Video 2 |
Transfers Approved For Town Buildings, Police A/C, Library Oil, And Sand & Salt For The 14 Storms We've Had So Far - 1st Selectman Still Not Sure If He Will Recommend Any Layoffs In The General Government Budget (33 min) |
| DoD |
15 |
BOS
Meeting |
1/20/09 |
Anti Blight Ordinance Changes Approved - Ethics Hearing Set For 2/3/09 - Debated Need For Fence On Haddad Rd - Winter Storms Causing Havoc With Snow Removal Budget - Executive Sessions Held To Review Union Give backs (57 min) |
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